Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (15,910.81, up 68.10 points)Spartan Energy Corp. (TSX:SPE). Oil and gas. Up one cent, or 0.15 per cent, to $6.48 on 10.9 million shares.Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K). Miner. Down 61 cents, or 11.42 per cent, to $4.73 on 10.7 million shares. The Canadian gold miner said the government in Maurit...Read More
Midas Gold's Stibnite gold-silver-antimony project in Idaho. Source: Midas Gold Inc.Barrick Gold Corp. [ABX-TSX, NYSE] has agreed to make a US$38 million strategic investment in Midas Gold Inc. [MAX-TSX; MDRPF-OTC] to advance the company's Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho.The announcement sent Midas Gold shares up 10.31% or $0.10 to $1.07 in early trading on Wednesday. The 52-week range for the sto...Read More
TORONTO - Shares of Kinross Gold Corp. fell more than 10 per cent in trading Wednesday as the gold miner said the government in Mauritania has requested talks regarding its activities in the country.The Canadian gold miner, which is near completion of its Tasiast mine in Mauritania, said its application to convert its Tasiast Sud exploration permit into an exploitation permit was recently rejected...Read More
The song remains the same.Just minutes ago as I'm writing this, President Trump did what everyone on the planet knew he would: he pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal.Crude prices jumped 1% as he spoke.And just like that, dear reader, we're back on the road to $80 oil.But this isn't new, is it?My colleague Christian DeHaemer warned you a few years ago that oil was setting itself up for a massive r...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - May 9, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Prospero Silver Corp. (TSXV: PSL) (the "Company" or "Prospero") announces that it has amended its planned work program for 2018 following discussions and agreements with its strategic partner, Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. ("Fortuna" or "FVI"). Prospero and Fortuna have also agreed to amend their May 8, 2017 strate...Read More
Steph and Matt hated the cold, hated the crowds, and hated their corporate work. But they lived in densely–populated, and often frigid, Massachusetts. They worked 9-5 Monday through Friday, and were lucky to get three weeks off per year. And to top it all off, high Massachusetts taxes took a big chunk of their earnings.Enough was enough. They would find a way to move somewhere warm and rural...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - May 9, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Fremont Gold Ltd. (TSXV: FRE) (FSE: FR2) (OTC Pink: USTDF) ("Fremont" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has commenced a five-hole drill program totalling a minimum 1000m at Gold Bar and Gold Canyon in northern Nevada (see Fremont news release dated March 5, 2018).Drilling commenced this past week...Read More
Edmonton, Alberta - May 9, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Grizzly Discoveries Inc. (TSXV: GZD) (OTC Pink: GZDIF) (FSE: G6H) ("Grizzly" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Kinross Gold Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary, KG Exploration (Canada) Inc. ("Kinross"), has provided Grizzly with the proposed 2018 work program on the Grizzly Greenwood property, located near...Read More
May 9, 2018 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV: BBB) (the "Company" or "Brixton") is pleased to announce drill results from its wholly owned Langis Mine Project located in the Cobalt Camp, Ontario, Canada.Highlights from six drill holes at the Langis ProjectDrill hole LM18-16 intersected 7.87m of 2,787.26 g/t silver, 0.27% cobalt including 1.00m of 15,436.00 g/t silver, 1.98% cobalt, 0.47% nickel...Read More
An asphalt mix designed to better weather freeze-thaw cycles took first place in the Spring 2018 Cornerstone Design Final Competition on May 2. A total of 24 student teams from Intro to Design (EPIC 151) exhibited their infrastructure solutions at the final competition, representing the top team from each class section. Mines Infrastructure Design's asphalt mix won first place and $1,000 in t...Read More
Christian Shorey, teaching professor of geology and geological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, visited Hawaii's Kilauea volcano last summer and discussed the recent eruption that has already destroyed at least 35 structures with KDVR Fox31 Denver."It goes through cycles. Deflation, inflation it expands and then deflates. It has this dissolved gas in it and as it comes out that gas wants t...Read More
Protonic ceramic fuel cells could one day be used to power off-the-grid cabins in remote locations, backup generators during natural disasters and more. In the first long-term study of its kind, researchers from Colorado School of Mines have shown that the relatively new class of fuel cells exhibit both the long-term durability and fuel flexibility needed to become a viable commercial alternati...Read More
Steph and Matt hated the cold, hated the crowds, and hated their corporate work. But they lived in densely–populated, and often frigid, Massachusetts. They worked 9-5 Monday through Friday, and were lucky to get three weeks off per year. And to top it all off, high Massachusetts taxes took a big chunk of their earnings.Enough was enough. They would find a way to move somewhere warm and rural...Read More
Steph and Matt hated the cold, hated the crowds, and hated their corporate work. But they lived in densely–populated, and often frigid, Massachusetts. They worked 9-5 Monday through Friday, and were lucky to get three weeks off per year. And to top it all off, high Massachusetts taxes took a big chunk of their earnings.Enough was enough. They would find a way to move somewhere warm and rural...Read More
The International Mining Investment Conference will be held in Vancouver from May 15 to 16, and will feature 70+ companies and 50+ speakers.Read full newsRead More
CloseGain/LossGold $1314.40+$0.10Silver$16.48+$0.01XAU82.67+0.82%HUI181.17+0.53%GDM632.64+0.06%JSE Gold1077.86-10.83USD93.10+0.33Euro118.65-0.58Yen91.69+0.10Oil$69.06-$1.6710-Year2.974%+0.024T-Bond143.25-0.3125Dow24360.21+0.01%Nasdaq7266.90+0.02%S&P2671.92-0.03% The Metals: Gold saw slight gains in Asia before it fell back to $1306.10 by a little after 10AM EST, but it then rallied back hi...Read More
World focus is on Trump's Iran decision. My personal view is that the Nuclear deal with Iran will be cancelled. New trade sanctions will be imposed on Iran. Republican-Saudi nexus want crude oil prices to form a lower floor at $100. They want crude oil prices to rise to $100 as soon as possible. In order to achieve this motive, trade sanctions on Iran will have to be imposed on some pretext. Nat...Read More
i24News is reporting that Israel has called up some reserve units for air defense, home front and intelligence as Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman consults with military leaders at IDF headquarters.Read full newsRead More
One pharmaceutical company expressed an interest in accepting gold in exchange for medicine, but the government was unable to guarantee payment.Read full newsRead More
With Fed Chair Jay Powell implying that 'emerging markets are on their own', it appears the collapse of Argentina's currency has sent them running into the arms of The IMF to secure a bailout. The Peso is rebounding from its earlier crash on the headlines...Read full newsRead More